Shreveport District of the Louisiana Conference A of the United Methodist Church
Biography
The Shreveport District of the Louisiana Conference A of the United Methodist Church
originated through the 1968 merger of two denominations – the Methodist Church and the
Evangelical United Brethren Church. Prior to 1968, the district was the Shreveport District of
the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central Jurisdiction). From 1968 to
1971, Louisiana’s Conference A (for white churches) and Conference B (for black churches)
existed as a temporary measure to work towards racial integration of the Louisiana Conference
following the denomination’s 1968 dissolution of the Central Jurisdiction (a racially segregated
unit for black Methodists).
In 1969, the district reported 22,487 members. The district consisted of congregations in
northwest Louisiana stretching from Ida (north) to Many (south) and Greenwood (west) to
Haughton (east).
Through the 1971 merger of Louisiana’s two Conferences – A and B – this district became the Shreveport District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. In 1971, the
district reported 20,956 members.